{{Infobox song | name = Save The Overtime (For Me) | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Gladys Knight and the Pips]] | album = [[Visions (Gladys Knight & the Pips album)|Visions]] | released = March 1983 | format = | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = [[Boogie (genre)|Boogie]], [[Post-disco]], [[Soul music]], [[electro-funk]], [[Latin Freestyle| Freestyle]] | length = {{Duration|m=04|s=42}} | label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] | writer = [[Merald "Bubba" Knight|B. Knight]], [[Gladys Knight|G. Knight]], J. Gallo, R. Smith, S. L. Dees | producer = Rickey "Freeze" Smith | prev_title = That Special Time Of Year | prev_year = 1982 | next_title = You're Number One (In My Book) | next_year = 1983 }} "'''Save The Overtime (For Me)'''" is a 1983 single by the R&B and pop group, [[Gladys Knight and the Pips]]. The song, under the artistic direction of [[Leon Sylvers III]] (known for collaborating on [[Shalamar]] hits), was done in a [[soul music|soulful]] [[boogie (genre)|boogie]] style.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Death of Rhythm and Blues|last=Nelson|first=George|isbn=1101160675|year=2003|publisher=Penguin}}</ref>
== Chart performance == The single was released from their album ''[[Visions (Gladys Knight & the Pips album) |Visions]]'' and reached number sixty-six on the [[Hot 100]], but was more successful on the R&B where it hit number one for a single week in mid 1983.<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=330}}</ref> The single was the first time the group hit number one on the R&B chart since 1974.
== 7-inch single == #"Save The Overtime (For Me)" – 3:50 #"Ain't No Greater Love" – 4:53
== 12-inch single == #"Save The Overtime (For Me)" – 6:38 #"Save The Overtime (For Me)" (instrumental) – 6:38
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Chart (1983) ! style="text-align:center;" |Peak<br />position |- |{{singlechart|Billboardhot100|66|artist=Gladys Knight and The Pips}} |- |{{singlechart|Billboardrandbhiphop|1|artist=Gladys Knight and The Pips}} |}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Gladys Knight & the Pips}}
[[Category:1983 singles]] [[Category:Boogie songs]] [[Category:Gladys Knight & the Pips songs]] [[Category:1983 songs]] [[Category:Columbia Records singles]]